Outside the Vicarstown Bar, a man in a suit pauses at the threshold, engrossed in his newspaper before stepping fully inside. The chalkboard out front boasts a tempting “3 for 10 Handsum IPA” offer, hinting at the lively sessions that await within.

Not so much real sun, but Sun, the newspaper. A man reads it on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork. He’s probably doing the crossword.

A long time before smart phones were invented, most people read newspapers. Here’s a man reading such a paper device, back in July 2004, in Galway. Anyone recognise what broadsheet he was reading?

Following on from the previous photos I published here’s another of the newspaper seller in the door of St. Augustine’s Church on the Grand Parade side of the building. No hat this time. May 2018.

No comment, except he’s having a fine root around there …

A pint of beer and a newspaper Sometimes it’s good to chill out, relax and step out of the rat-race, even for a few moments. This scene was made on St. Patrick’s Street outside Le Chateau, a bar with seating in front of the building as most places do these days because of the smoking…